After no group was able to form a coalition government, President's rule was imposed. After a few months Bihar's state assembly was dissolved. The elections returned NDA supported Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister. This has been a major setback for Paswan.

Among other developments, Jan Morcha the party founded by former Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh was merged with the LJP in March 2009. Jan Morcha president Ajeya Singh, son of Vishvanath Pratap Singh was immediately appointed as a senior LJP functionary. On the more disastrous side LJP suffered a major jolt when, its entire Jharkhand Unit merged with the Congress before the 2009 elections citing that Mr. Paswan had 'ignored' them.